Naromiyocknowhusunkatankshunk Brook

Apparently, the leaders of Connecticut wanted to establish a new town, and they negotiated with Chief Squantz, but Chief Squantz moved to the north end of Squantz Pond, and refused to sell. They returned in the Spring of 1725, and found that Chief Squantz had died during the winter. His four sons and heirs refused to sign the deeds, so it was four years later that the white men finally got the drawn marks of several other native people (who may not have had authority to sell the land), and they "purchased" Sherman and New Fairfield, for the equivalent of about 300 dollars. The name means "water flowing from the hills". Naromiyocknowhusunkatankshunk

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